DocumentCode
1962743
Title
IQ-coupling-loss-free polarization-switched QPSK modulator
Author
Yamazaki, Hiroshi ; Goh, Takashi ; Saida, Takashi ; Hashizume, Yasuaki ; Mino, Shinji
Author_Institution
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
fYear
2012
fDate
4-8 March 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We devised and fabricated a simple polarization-switched QPSK modulator free from the 3-dB IQ-coupling loss. It consists of only three Mach-Zehnder BPSK modulators and a polarization-coupling circuit, and operated at 43 and 84 Gb/s.
Keywords
electro-optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; IQ-coupling-loss-free polarization-switched QPSK modulator; Mach-Zehnder BPSK modulators; bit rate 43 Gbit/s to 84 Gbit/s; polarization-coupling circuit; Optical attenuators; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Optical transmitters; Phase shift keying;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
ISSN
pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0262-3
Type
conf
Filename
6192238
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